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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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i^* Siloam, following <strong>the</strong> winding course <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Tyropoeon, but on <strong>the</strong> S^^SS^ o<strong>the</strong>r side <strong>of</strong> it,<br />

where <strong>the</strong> declivity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Upper Oity merged in<br />

<strong>the</strong> ^i^^^ ** valley. Ano<strong>the</strong>r monument <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Syrian Wars, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Maccabees, bi]|M>o.xii <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Herod, was <strong>the</strong> fortress Antonia. Part <strong>of</strong> it had,<br />

probably, ^'tiu^ been formerly occupied by what<br />

was knovm as Fort Acra, <strong>of</strong> such hSt.T^ unhappy<br />

prominence in <strong>the</strong> wars that preceded <strong>and</strong> marked<br />

<strong>the</strong> early J^J*^^-* Maccabean period. It had passed<br />

from <strong>the</strong> Ptolemies to <strong>the</strong> Syrians, <strong>and</strong> always<br />

formed <strong>the</strong> central spot round which <strong>the</strong> fight for<br />

<strong>the</strong> city turned. Judas Maccabee had not been able<br />

to take it. Jonathan had laid siege to it, <strong>and</strong> built<br />

<strong>the</strong> wall, to which reference has just been made, so<br />

as to isolate its garrison. It was at last taken by<br />

Simon, <strong>the</strong> bro<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> successor <strong>of</strong> Jonathan, <strong>and</strong><br />

levelled with <strong>the</strong> ground.® Fort Baris, which was<br />

constructed by his successor »uib.c. H3rrcanus I.,*<br />

covered a much wider space. It lay on <strong>the</strong> north-<br />

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